File:Two Enormous Galaxies (51332157658).jpg
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DescriptionTwo Enormous Galaxies (51332157658).jpg |
Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The galaxy on the left is a lenticular galaxy, named 2MASX J03193743+4137580. The side-on spiral galaxy on the right is more simply named UGC 2665. Both galaxies lie approximately 350 million light-years from Earth, and they both form part of the huge Perseus galaxy cluster. Perseus is an important figure in Greek mythology, renowned for slaying Medusa the Gorgon – who is herself famous for the unhappy reason that she was cursed to have living snakes for hair. Given Perseus’s impressive credentials, it seems appropriate that the galaxy cluster is one of the biggest objects in the known universe, consisting of thousands of galaxies, only a few of which are visible in this image. The wonderful detail in the image is thanks to the WFC3’s powerful resolution and sensitivity to both visible and near-infrared light, the wavelengths captured in this image. Text credit: European Space Agency Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Harris; Acknowledgment: L. Shatz Media Contact: Claire Andreoli NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-1940 |
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Author | G. Lamar |
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Credit/Provider | ESA/Hubble&NASA, W. HarrisAcknowledgement: L. Shatz |
Source | ESA/Hubble |
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Date and time of data generation | 06:00, 5 July 2021 |
JPEG file comment | Two things capture your attention in this spectacular Picture of the Week, which was taken using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3): the two enormous galaxies that flank the left and right sides of the image. The galaxy on the left is a lenticular galaxy, which rejoices in the name of 2MASX J03193743+4137580. The side-on spiral galaxy on the right is more simply named NGC 2665. Both galaxies lie approximately 350 million light-years from Earth, and they both form part of the enormous Perseus galaxy cluster. Perseus is an important figure in Greek mythology, renowned for slaying Medusa the Gorgon — who is herself famous for the unhappy reason that she was cursed to have living snakes for hair. Given Perseus’s impressive credentials, it seems appropriate that the eponymous galaxy cluster is one of the biggest objects in the known Universe, consisting of thousands of galaxies, only a few of which are visible in this image. The wonderful detail in the image is thanks to the WFC3’s powerful resolution and high sensitivity. The WFC3 is sensitive to both visible and infrared light, so those are the wavelengths that are captured in this image. The Perseus supercluster looks very different at other wavelengths. Whilst in this image the spaces between the galaxies appear dark and peaceful, when the X-ray emission is observed the Perseus cluster appears to be burning with bright intense light. |
Horizontal resolution | 1 dpc |
Vertical resolution | 1 dpc |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 22.4 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 14:46, 16 June 2021 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
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ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr Baltimore, MD, 21218 United States |
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Date and time of digitizing | 11:44, 6 May 2021 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:46, 16 June 2021 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:f34c6656-85e4-d249-93a9-f7ea2a029619 |
IIM version | 4 |